In no particular order.
=== the good ===
Feels faster
The fonts are much nicer, thank you thank you
The early game cost, pacing feels good
Finally got some random events!
==Requests==
Late game starts to slow down, please either make things not keep scaling in expense whether it be tech or imps/units or keep providing us ways to keep making our ability in this area keep up
Quest of Mastery is tedious. I don't like long fetch quests
The music doesn't seem to reflect the stage of the game. Would like a slow build up over the game
=== overall ===
rock solid
was able to play a 700 turn game from this afternoon until this evening straight no problems
really love the diplomacy balancing
the new sounds are nice
you're getting mighty close!